Washington Code 38.38.696 – Mutiny or sedition
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(1) Any person subject to this code who:
Terms Used In Washington Code 38.38.696
- Code: means this chapter. See Washington Code 38.38.004
- Commanding officer: includes only commissioned officers in command of a unit. See Washington Code 38.38.004
- Commissioned officer: includes a commissioned warrant officer. See Washington Code 38.38.004
- Military: refers to any or all of the armed forces. See Washington Code 38.38.004
- person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
(a) With intent to usurp or override lawful military authority refuses, in concert with any other person, to obey orders or otherwise do his or her duty or creates any violence or disturbance is guilty of mutiny;
(b) With intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of lawful civil authority, creates, in concert with any other person, revolt, violence, or other disturbance against that authority is guilty of sedition;
(c) Fails to do his or her utmost to prevent and suppress a mutiny or sedition being committed in his or her presence, or fails to take all reasonable means to inform his or her superior commissioned officer or commanding officer of a mutiny or sedition which he or she knows or has reason to believe is taking place, is guilty of a failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition.
(2) A person who is found guilty of attempted mutiny, mutiny, sedition, or failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition shall be punished as a court martial may direct.